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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1887-05-07

The public will please take no
tice that the mill property deslg
mated above, which formerly be-
longed to Mr.. u. FL. Dennis, is now
owned by the undersigned who
Will continue to do business at the
old stand, and will epdeavor te
give entire satisfaction to all who
nav favor him with their custom
Thanks for former patronage. Fu
ture favors solicited.
Respectfully, &c,
JOSEPH u. JONES.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-01-15
The Resistance OF the Atmosphere.

From Professor Langley illustrated
D on comets and meteors in the
January Century we quote rs follows:
..EyerybOdy has noticed that if we
move "A fan gently, the air parts before
it with Little effort, while, when we try
TO fan violently the same air is felt to
react; yet if we go on to say that ii the
motion is stll more violent, the atmos-
pherc will resist like Il solid. against
which the fan, if made of iron, would
break in pieces, this may seem to some
an unexpected property of the nimble'
air through which we move daily. Yet
this is the case, and if the motion is
only so quick that the air cannot get
out of the way, a body hurled against
it will rise in temperature like a shot
striking an armor-plate. 1t is all a
question of speed, and that of the me-
teorite is known to be imrlense. One
has been seen to fly over This country
from the Mississippi 70 Il 9 Atlantic in
an unapprcciable short inc. probably
less than two minutes; aad though at u
presumable height of over fifty miles,
the velocity with which it shot
by gave every one an impression
that it went just above his head, ard
some witnesses Of the unexpected
apparition looked the aext day to see
if it had struck their chnneys. The
heat developed by arrested motion in
the ease OF a mass of ron moving
tn cnty miles Il second can be ca}cu-
lated. and is found to be much more
than enough, not only to melt it., but
to urn it into vapOr; though what
probably does happen IS, according to
Prof. Newton, that the melted surface
portions are wiped away by the pres
| sure of the air and volatilized to form
the luminous train, the interior remain
ing cold, until the difference of temper
| ature causes n fracture, when the stone
| breaks and pieces fall-some of them
| at red-hot heat, some OF them, possibly,
at the temperature of outer space, or
far below that of freezing mercury,
Where do these stones come from:
| What made them? The answer is not
yet complete, but if II part Of the riddle
is already yielding to patience, it is
worthy of note, as an instance of the
connection of the sciences. that the frs
help TO the solution of this Astronomical
| enigma came from the chemists and
the biologists"
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-01-15
ONE GREAT TRIUMPuAL MARCH,
Mr.. Gladstone's Home.

Six miles from Chester, in Flint
shire, Wales, is Hawarden castle, the
residence of Mr.. Gladstone, but the
property of his wife, who inherited it
from her father, Sir Stephen Glynne.
Spelled Hawarden it is always called,
when pronounced correctly, Harden.
The parish Of IIawarden numbers
about $4,000 acres. and of these 900
belong to the Gladstone estate. The
village, in itself, is neither pretty nor
picturesque; is outside the gates of the
park, which stretches away grandly
from the manor house. Oaks, lines,
or lindens, and elms are thickly set
over the grounds. and at the left, on a
commanding height, is the ruin of the
ancient castle, which with lis magnif-
cent ivy and It's traditions of more than
ten centuries, looks down somewhat
haughtily upon lis castelated successor
which is now the house OF the great.
est living statesman of the age.
There can be no doubt bat Mr.. Glad
stone is the most eminent of all the
owners of Hawardcn, though there
have been De Moutforts, Montholts and
Stanleys. The last lost it when Earl
Lornc was beheadcd in 1857. A Ser
geant Glynne bought it under the Sc
questration act passed by parliament
n the same year, and for a song. He
was an ancestor of Mrs. Gladstone, and
his portrait hangs over the mantcl in
her drawing room, bat she is not very
proud of his record. At the northern
end of the village is the church, n
plain, low building, with IA squatty
tower and a dwarf spire, Its interior
having been totally destroyed by fire
about thirty years since, it has been re-
stored ut q great cost and with some
taste. OF this church, the premier's
second son, Stephen Gladstone, is
rector, and the living is SAID to be
worth $50 1000 a year. exclusive of the
rectory. Mr.. stephen Gladstone is IN
earnest and instructive preacher and
much beloved by his parishioners; but
it is not for the sake of hearing him
that the great crowds flock to Hawar-
den church, for they only come when
his father is known to be present. AL
most directly in front Of YOU as You en-
ter the church is the reading desk,
where every Sunday, when he is at
home, Mr.. Gladstone reads the lessons
of the day, rising for that purpose
from a wooden bench which is his
usual seat, He joins heartily in re-
Spouse and song, but listens to the ser
mon with his head thrown back and
eyes partially closed; and only in that
attitude does an observer see how
much paler than formerly is his gnarled
and rugged face. When he leaves the
church and passes through a narrow
lane which leads to his sons house all
| stand uncovered on each side of the
way, and often in ranks three, even
four deep.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-01-15
Serving a Republic.

Boston Herald: It is not a crafty
ing thought that Gen. Logan caae to
his death in consequence Of m effort to
piece out the income which his govern
mcnt position gave him. He died poor,
in a position where a man Of less 0 Il
science could have made himself
wealthy, and could have done so with
little or no risk of exposing the be-
trayal OF trust by which this result
would have been brought about. X is
not to our credit that a mar who had
held n high position in civil and mill
tary life as high rs that occupied by
Gen. Logan should have the last years
of his life embittered by the uncertain
financial future Of his family. He was
paid rs senator 5000 Il year. This
may seem n considerable sum, and,
of life, would be SO. But it is an cX-
ceedingly mcager income for a senator
of the United States to live upon, who
is forced by custom, the demands of
society, and the appeals Of his
constituents, to 90 to IL number OF
expenses which, under other cir
cumstances, would not be called
for. The complaint is made that our
senate is becoming filed with million
ares: but the reply to this must be that,
SO long rs We continue TO pay our SEN
ators such small salaries, there viii be
few brilliant, capable and Self-respect-
ing men of humble means who will feel
that they ~ afford to occupy this po-
sltion; and, besides, il is a temptation
to which the people of this country, out
of regard for their own interests, should
not subject their public men, in asking
them to take public positions where the
demands of office call for IN annual eX-
penditure of several thousands of dol
lars more than the emoluments of
the Office amount to, and where The
only way of recouping ones self is fire.
quently TO listen to the beguiling voice
of lobbyists, who are often willing -
pay much more literally for q single
senatorial vote than the people of the
United States are TO pay for the time
and services OF a senator during the en-
tire year. Gen, Logan's experience
will probably have to be classed with a
great many other experiences of a SIM
liar character, all going to show that,
whatever the virtues of republics may
be, it cannot be said of them that they
are grateful for personal service rem
dercd TO them.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-01-15
Beautiful Normandy.

Toledo Blade: Ancient Normandy
occupied the northwes. part of France.
bounded north and west by the wa1ers
of the English channel II received the
name Of Normandy in the tenth cen
fury from the Mortimer who had oocu-
pied the country. Charles the Simple,
king of France, in 9l2 sanctioned their
conquest of the province. and gave
their chief, ROllo, the title of the duke
of Normandy. The now duchy, soon
came to be one of the most prosperous
provinces of France. 1t was a level,
fertile country, producing grain, fax
and fruit in abundance, and an excel
lent breed of horses; and with a number
of bays and rivers Astounding ia hsh.
These characteristics it still possesses,
and it is to-day, as it was 500 years
ago, one of the glr'!cu spots Of France.
The beautiful garden was often laid
waste, however, 10y the struggles Of
rival countries to possess it.
The son Of Robert the bowl, the
SIKH successor from the first Duke
Role, became in 1866 the conquerer
and first Norman King OF England.
On his death, England and Normandy
were separated, Williams eldest son,
Robert, taking the latter country, and
his second son, William Rufus. the
former. Henry l., the next king Of
England, ruled over boah countries,
bat his daughter, Matilda, was only
Duchess of Normandy. Henry II. un-
tied the two again, and the union lasted
till the time of King John, who was
forced to forfeit Normandy to France.
1t was twice held again by the English,
first under Edward lie. and again UNI
der Heavy V. and VI, Charle5 Wy
of France, finally rescued the prcc-
ince, and from his time it has been an
integral part Of France. The title Of
Duke of Normandy has since been oc-
casionally used, hat the province was
divided in 1890, into five departments,
and is now separately Known only by
the names of those departments.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-01-15
Men of the Day.

Man About Town, in State Register:
1t is remarked by visitors that Iowa
has few very rich men. 1t is indeed
one of its merits that it has few rich
men and few poor ones. But it is
gaining in rich men. One Of them
gave Il daughter the other day, on her
wedding day, three hundred thousand
dollars for n marriage present. soon,
we hope, there will be Iowa men Civ
inc a quarter or half a million, to help
the state in establishing a real univer-
sity-a school wherein boys and girls
can learn TO make Il living, Bread
winning is coming down to sharper
| competition than Iowa has even known,
and the Iowa boys and girls Of the fn-
| ture should be trained and equipped
for the struggle. Tn" day Of sclf-madc
men in Iowa, in one sense, is nearly
over. The days of abundant oppor'
| ~tunlties and initiating values has passed
in Iowa, and boys and girls will here.
after have to make n sharper ant
closer fight for a living.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-01-15


The Inter Ocean: The public in
England, like the public in America / S
moved against the undue assumption
Of power by railway companies. And
the London Daily News recently pub
lished Il vey sensible editorial on the
matter, There, as here, the trouble is
not SO much that there is need of more
legislation to protect the public against
the impositions of railways rs that
there is need of strict enforcement of
the laws that are. And there, as here,
the non-cnforccment Of the laws is due
in part to the influence of that subtle
'diyinity that doth hedge a corpora
ton, and in part to the operation of
that rule of action which ailirms that
what is eyerybody's business is nobody's
business.
In England your cab driver over
charges you, or furnishes YOU with "A
filthy vehicle, or is disrespectful, and
You so to the nearest police station and
successfully prosecute him forS
violation of the law under which hce
conducts his business as Il COM
mon carrier. You pay for . seat on a
steam or horse ear and stand up all or
a part of the distance for which YOU
have paid 10 ride. The car may ae
ill-yentilated, the cushions dirty, the
attendants negligent or insolent. You
bear it patiently. Why? In the first
place, the discomfort inflicted upon
You by the hack driver seemed strictly
personal. You, and You only were
aggrieyed. In the other YOU suffer
with a multitude, each one OF which
was as much interested in preventing
the recurrence of the discomfort az
yourself. Everybody ought to have
complained, in consequence of which
no one did complain, or only through
the newspapers, which are recorders
and not avengers of evil.
Moreover, the hack-driycr carries in
his vehicle a copy of the law which
protect, you from him. The railway
company prints on It's tickets, on it,
way bills, and ali It's official papers,
DA"A' AilNllAS III lIiillNRNlOll WI us phl ~
mount duty toward you. The state
mcnt5 are for the most such as courts
have declared void at law, but there
they are, in all the solcmnity of print,
issued in al the pomp OF thrice-re-
moved -from-thc-pcople clerks. These
formaiities awe the timid and often
confuse the bold. Equity DEGREES that
there can be no wrong without its cor
responding remedy. But who is going
TO enforce the remedy? 1t takes q
courageous man to make war. even
legal war, with a wcll-att0meyea com
pany.
The London newspaper suggests that
ii is the duty OF the government,
through its department of trade, to act
rs prosecutor against railways. But
we have no national department Of
trade. The measure Of the control of
our national administration oven inter
state commerce is a.; vet very Ill
defined, and it has been hitherto been
defined very fayorably TO great carry
ing companies. .
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-01-15
A Famous IIumorist,

a New York dispatch states that A.
y. Sweets new play has been fully re-
hearsed and that it viii prove a big
success. Alex. +, Sweet is the funny
man Of Texas Siftings. He is forty-six
years of age, and moved from Austin,
Texas, TO New York three years ago.
His ~blossOming out ~ Il playwright
brings him quite prominently before
the public once more. The play is
said to be very funny, and deals with
the doings of Col. Snort, a typical
Texas editor.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-01-15
Death Of a Dwarf Who Was at Waterloo

Frank Weighman, aged n hundred
and five, died the other day in Cincin-
natl, He had been living with his
daughter, Mrs. Charles Schraeder
since 1870. He was only forr feet an8
a few inches in height. But few men
have had more cvcutful histories. At
the age of eighteen he entered The Eng
Iish army, and subsequently served I'M
der a king of Prussia, from whom he
received Il medal Of merit. He fought
all through the campaign against Ma
poIcon, and was one of Biuchcr's men
at the battle Of Waterloo, where he re-
ccived Il s%word-cut, whose scar he car
RED to his grave, He was married al
thirty. and leaves q host Of descend
ants.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-01-15

The publisher of Baltimore, Nd,
Every Saturday, Mr.. T. j. Wentworth,
says his child, aged six months, was
suffering from a severe cold. and he
gave il Red Star Cough Cure. which
acted like A charm. No morphia.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-01-15
Used 10 1t.

pray, pardon me, madam
claimed a man who had inadvertently
sworn in the presence of a lady.
Don't mention it, sir" she replied,
sweetly. IL am married"
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-01-15
TIME GONE is GONE FOREVER.

To all Christians, it is a time Of
gladness. am glad the years are go
ing. You are coming on nearer
home. Let your countenance light
up with the thought. Nearer homet
Now, when one can sooner get to
the centre of things, is he not to be
congratulated? Who wants to be al
ways in the Freshman clasp We
study God in this world by the Biblical
photograph of Him, cut we all know
we IA in five minutes of interview
with a friend get more accurate idea
Of him than we 4 by studying him
fifty years through pictures or words,
The little child that died nj six months
Of ace knows more of God than Ill
Audover. and all Princeton, and all
New Brunswick, and all Edinburgh,
and all the theological institutions III
Christendom. Is 1t not better to 60 up
to the very headquarters of knowl-
edgeP
Does not our common sense tcacn It's
that it is better to be at the centre than
to be clear out on the rim Of the wheel,
holding nervously fast to the tire lest
we be suddenly hurled into tight, and
! eternal fellcityp Through all kinds oil
optical instruments
TRYING TO PEER IN
through the cracks and the keyholes OF
heaven-afraid that both doors of the
celestial mansion will be swung wide
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-01-15

A Chinamsn in Holliston, Cal, is organ
ling a Masonic lodge among his people Of
az place.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-01-15

open before our e%ntranced vision
rushing about among the apothecary
! shops of this world wondering if this
is good for rheu natism, and that is
good for neuralgia, and something else
is good for a bad cough, lest we be
suddenly ushered into a land Of ever
last ng h altb, whore the inhabitant
Ncytr SAYS: II am sick
In 1888. the French resolved that at
Ghcnt they would have a kind of
musical demonstration hat had never
been heard Of. 1t would be made up
of the chimes Of bells and the discharge
of cannon. The experiment was a
perfect success. What with the ring
ing Of the bells and the report Of the
ordnance, the city trembled, and the
hills shook with the triumphal march
that was rs strange as it was over
whelming. With n more glorious ac-
compartment, will Gods dear children
90 into their high residence, when the
trumpets shall sound and the last day
has come. AT the signal given, the
bells o the towers, and Of the light
IlohpAPs ~ Vi INV 'lll'Sr "II u II
their sweetness into a last chime that
shall rim. into the heavens and float
of upon the sea, joined by the boom of
bursting mine and magazine, augmen-
ted by all the cathedral towers of
heavcn-thc harmonies of earth and
the symphonies of the celestial realm
making up
ONE GREAT TRIUMPHAL MARCH,
lit to celebrate the ascent Of the re-
deemed TO where they shall shine rs
the stars for ever and forever. With
such anticipations, we can look back
without a single regret upon the flying
years, and forward with eXultation TO
the time when the archangel, with one
foot on the sea and the other foot on
the land, shall swear by Him that
liveth for ever and ever that time shall
be no longer,
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-01-15
TRYING TO PEER IN

through the cracks and the keyholes of
heayen-afraid that both doors of the
celestial mansion will be swung wide
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-01-15
GOLDEN GATED sABBATHs,

by p%entecostal prayer meetings, by
communion tables. by baptismal fonts,
by ~hallelujahs in the temple, They
have stood on Sinai and heard it thun-
der. They have stood or Pisgah and
looked over into the Promised Land.
They have stood on Calvary and seen
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-08-19
THE FAIR SEX.
Gossip About Matters in Which
the Dear Creatures Take
an Interest.
SEASONED WITH A LITTLE WIT
A Column or 7wo of Tittle-Tattle Aboui
Matronly Mothers, Modish MaideAs.
and Merry Misses.
Sham aud Genuine.

Sham jewelry may be worn Tor o
Tariety of reasons. If it is to give the
impression of wealth which the weare,
does not possess, then the practice is
wrong; but if the profession or career
of a husband requires that his wife
should go much into society on small
income she would be perfectly justi-
fable in wearing limitations to save
money. A smart and dressy appear
ance demands the use of many little
knick-knacks and etceteras the fashion
of which is constantly changing. For
instance, at present gold jewelry is OBJ
solete for evening wear. and, as q lady
scornfully remarked to poor relation:
"You can wear nothing but diamonds. {"
Under these circumstances it canrot be
wrong for lady who cannot afford to
buy diamonds, and has not Inherited
any, to wear moderate amount of
paste. She should not, however, try
to pass her ornaments off as diamonds,
nor speak of her "jewels" with an air
of Importance which would led people
to infer that she had any of value.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-08-19
Homer. as Ranch O,cnes,

1t is interesting to know flat among
the occupations which are opened to
women the hard life of ranshing has
been one in which she has been par
ticularly successful. The very hard
ships are said to have fascination for
one who has bit of love of adventure
in her nature, and some women bred
here in the East have this generally
supposed to be masculine trait strongly
developed. A good horsewoman with
courage and endurance can ind vast
field for her out-of-door incinations in
managing a cattle ranch, Or even q
sheep ranch for that matter If a
ranchwoman is successful it is for the
same reason that the ranchman is sue
cessful-because of energy, the pos
session of capital, and hard work
against countless discouragements and
sacrifices. There is no royal road to
fortune either East or West. I have in
mind as an instance of successful
cattle-raiser lady who had been
brought up amid all the enervating in
tiuences of city-bred girls life. and
who had spent much of her freshness
in the gayeties of the representative
social center of the country. When
she became the wife of an army officer
she learned the valuable lesson OF
adapting herself to circumstances. In
this way she received an education
which was to fit her to become one OF
the most successful ranch-owners OF
the Southwest, when, on the death OF
her husband, she found herself alone
in the world with a modest capital.
There is no suggestion in the whole
some, robust, successful ranchwoman
of that delicate dollhouse flower which
was the picture of her first youth
Boston Post.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-08-19
THE SILENT MINISTRY.
By ROSE TERRY COOKE.

Is,cre is silent ministry
That knows no right of book or boil;
aasls eles divine alone can see,
Ard asauven's own language only toll
z has au altars aud no fame,
20 Saisng crowd, no tunefnt choir,
n xerves from, beds of spcechlcss pain,
Fsun lips TINT anguish brands with fro.
gsp1n htsnes Of want, and loss, and WOO,
sss worship rises up to Him.
Wkc henrd those accents faint and low,
Ihroagh the loud praise of cherubim.
Iass an7ntle IS heart, the pat,ont soul,
That foecs lfe's severest stross
9th sE1lir front and stern control,
-&ata Ut its suffering kin to bless;
"2sae meek. who gather every hour
ffSE,7 l,ricr and thorn aud wnyside troo,
Ihsir Aasgsst scant of fruit or flower,
Che harvest of humility.
1he tempered will that bows to God,
An: knows Him good though temposts lower
aasat owns tho judgments OF His rod
.asa but the hdinss of His power.
That sces the sun behind tho cloud,
lt!'ynt to labor, pray. and wait:
VAhtsver winds blow low and loud,
Snxe of the harbor, soon or late
i,iHetse small blossoms by tho way,
sataring cold, enjoying tho sun.
aim. snow, or spriuilling apray,
Yx.rzfal till all their life IN done.
i'sMr, bomely ministers of lovo.
s;sAi and forgot, like light and cir.
81 when reach that lifc above
Tiey will be stately serapls therei